Great fun was had at Galston Gala Day on the 14th June.
Our very own Niamh was crowned queen and Franky was the prince. Prizes were won by Kyle P1/2, Millie P2M, Andrew P3H, Lucy P4S, Ruby and Ava in P5/6 for their excellent poster designs.
Children were dressed up and all of the floats were fabulous. Even the weather did not put us off!
We did it!
The Eco committee are delighted to announce that they have achieved the Green Flag Award.
Led by Reece, Faith and Logan in P7 the group of children working with Mr. McAughtrie, Ms. Field and Mrs. Thomson have been successful in gaining an Eco School Green Flag. With help and support for their activities, from the whole school, they have worked to make Galston Primary a Green Flag School. The activities which included litter picks, switching off lights to save electricity, planning for learning in the outdoors, checking on insect and wildlife, taking learning outdoors and recycling have kept the committee busy this session.
A huge well done to everyone!
Thank you very much to all our pupils, parents, invited guests and staff for joining together to celebrate our pupil successes at yesterday’s prizegiving. It has been a busy year and the children have worked very hard across the entire school year to be the very best that they can be.
Primary 1s received their books and certificates on completion of their first year in Primary school.
Pupils were recognised for demonstrating school values and effort across all stages of the school
Primary 7s brought tears to the eyes with their performance and accepted their leavers certificates
Special Awards were awarded to the following pupils for:
Presented by Mr J Hendrie for Contribution to the Community the Hendrie Award was, this year, awarded to Thomas Smith & Brodie Gibbons who raised over £1000 for their community group.
Sports House of the Year & House of the Year— Behaviour and Attitude was presented to the Captain and Vice-Captain of Polwarth (Yellow) House
Well done to everyone. We are proud of you all.
The children were delighted to receive prizes from the Newmilns Show for their artwork. The winners are listed below:
P1 Harris, Lucy, Aaliyah, Ollie, Addison
P2 Millie, Zara, Ada, Joe, Rosie, Freya, Logan
P3 Ava, Callie, Jessica, Ayla, Bailey, Alexander, Alfie, Alix
P4 Isabella, Ayda, Lucy, Calvin, Eva, Harris, Darcy, William
P5 Carrie, Joe, Olivia, Arlo, Lexi, Andie, Cara, Jessica, Savannah
P6 Mara, Ruby, Kian, Effie, Carmen, Gracie, Paul, Hanyia, Tia
P7 River, Eva, Reece, Ewan, Oliver, Hibba
Well done everyone.
P1 Beekeepers
What an exciting day Primary 1 had seeing the bees brought to them by the Beekeepers Mr. Shaw and Mr. McAnespie who delivered a talk that the children found fascinating. The gentlemen were very impressed by the knowledge the children had learned about their study of living creatures and especially their bee knowledge.
Then …
In the afternoon we had to call the gentlemen back as we discovered a swarm of honey bees, estimated at over 30.000 hanging in one of our trees. They carefully took the honey bees away and relocated them.
The beekeepers sent the staff and children a lovely email after their visit.
From Mr P McAnespie
Yesterday 11th June 2025 I, with a beekeeping colleague and fire fighter Leroy Shaw, had the privilege of attending the school to give a talk on beekeeping. To say I was impressed with the manners and beekeeping knowledge of the children we spoke to is a vast understatement. The children were a delight to converse with and whoever had taught the children about the subject of beekeeping, I trust, are very valued members of the staff and an excellent teachers. The children, though very excited to see the honeybees, were very well behaved and they and the teachers/class assistants involved have to be commended.
Thank you so much for the opportunity of speaking to your class at the school.
Following the visit to the school in March by a team of inspectors from Education Scotland, please find attached a letter to all parents/carers.
East Ayrshire Council – Galston Primary School – Inspection Letter
